The View from Here

Too
many times we reflect on the past and what we should have done ten years
ago. Perhaps these are your thoughts ten years from now as you reflect
back on your new purchase at Mount Washington this year.

June 30, 2015

Dear Rick,

I just wanted to thank you for selling us our property at Mount Washington
ten years ago. It only seems like yesterday!!! Memories can not have
prices attached to them but the enjoyment we have had with our Mount
Washington home are priceless! Please let us share.

We were nervous about buying back then as it was a lot of money. When
we left the lawyer’s office signing the papers, we looked at each
other after and thought, “what have we done?”

The first winter we spent trying out our mountain home. We changed
some of the furniture and added pictures. We opened up that wall that
you had suggested and put in a couple of new windows. Our intention
that first year was to rent it 3 out of 4 weekends and stay in it the
4th. We spent EVERY WEEKEND, all of Christmas and Spring Break. It was
fabulous. Summer we spent a lot more time then we ever imagined that
we would. There is just so much to do up there!

The following is some of our highlights over the past ten years.

• The huge snowfall of 2009 where our kids were jumping off the
peak of the roof into 9 feet of fresh powder!
• Being around the Resort as the 2010 Olympics drew near and meeting
the incredible athletes that stayed at Mount Washington. Our eldest
son (now 16) trained with some of the world’s best Nordic skiers
and now is aspiring to be on the Canada Team, with the incredible support
of the Strathcona Nordics he will make it.
• Spectacular sunsets and waking up to blankets of fresh white
snow.
• Watching the Mount Washington Village grow and expand. Now ten
years later it is not “do we go out for dinner” but “where
do we go?” We have come up in the off seasons JUST to go out for
dinner!
• Being a part of the mountain bike scene and seeing Mount Washington
host several international mountain bike races.
• The fondues… and the fun with our many Mount Washington
friends that we now wonder what we would do without.
• Watching the management and staff of Mount Washington continually
prove their commitment to customer service and making us always feel
like members of their family.

The bottom line is that we are so happy that we made
this decision ten years ago. Aside from having ten years of fabulous
family memories, our investment has also appreciated way beyond what
we thought it would. Thanks for selling us our property!